FILM I: In the documentary Children of the Cockettes, filmmaker Mister WA explores the "free-spirited and non-conformist performance torches" carried by the likes of Thrillpeddlers, Trannyshack, and Peaches Christ and investigates the current resurgence of glam gender performances and "theatre of the ridiculous" in contemporary San Francisco. (8 p.m., Oddball Films, 275 Capp Street)
COMEDY: Club Chuckles presents two shows tonight featuring the wryly hilarious Tig Notaro with special guests Sean Keene and Beth Lisick & Tara Jepsen in Groomed For Success. (7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Hemlock Tavern, 1131 Polk Street)
FILM II: As part of its Inspired by Dieter Rams series, SFMOMA presents a screening of the Kubrick sci-fi masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odyssey, which portrays a vision of humanity's trajectory — beginning with our primate progenitors' first use of tools and ending with human inquiry into the cosmos — revealing our transformed relationship to technology along the way. (7 p.m., SFMOMA, 151 Third Street)
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